Monday, June 7, 2021 @ 7-8:30 pm CDT via Zoom

Description:

Join other Gilda's Club members for an art group dedicated to gratitude. Brainstorm the meaning of gratitude and its important use as a positive coping skill. Are there negative events have you experienced that you are now grateful for, learned something from, or got something out of?

As a group discuss examples of what we can be grateful for including people, places, memories, positive or negative experiences, tangible items, senses etc. Write down your gratitudes and add them to your jar. Is this an activity you can commit to every day? Every week? As a family?

Materials You'll Need:

• Jar, vessel or bowl
  
• Other materials of your choice:
  
• paint or sharpie markers
  
• glue
  
• fabric
  
• feathers
  
• yarn
  
• 3D pieces
  
• paper to rip

About Molly Linn-Miller:

Molly Linn-Miller has been working as a registered art therapist for 13 years. She provides art therapy and support for both individuals and groups.

She works with a variety of populations and ages including families living with cancer, those recovering from substance abuse, adults with living with autism, memory loss and other mental illness, and pre-school aged children.

Molly also paints large scale children’s murals and makes collages using a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials. In addition to art-making she enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys, cooking and eating food with her girlfriends, hiking and playing ultimate frisbee.

Zoom access is provided by our Technology Sponsors, the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative and UW Carbone Cancer Center.